Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
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A young lady was calling to get an appointment for a massage. She called information to get the number for "Angels Touch Massage." She called the number and asked for prices. The person on the other end said "I would be glad to give you a massage, but I don’t think you would want a massage from
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 15, 2008
In a book called The Grace Awakening, Chuck Swindoll tells about a Missionary family who left their Work because of Condemnation from other Missionaries. What was the theological disagreement over? Peanut butter. You see, the Mission field where they went did not have access to Peanut Butter. So,
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The tax farmers in Israel, here called tax-collectors, were somewhat different from IRS agents. They were more like Mafia enforcers, employing thugs to shake down local citizens and merchants. The Romans specified how much each tax man was supposed to pay them, and the architelōē or
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 8, 2008
The Army has a system for defense called challenge and password. When a soldier is on guard and someone approaches, he will say "Halt, who goes there?" The person will identify themselves, then the guard will state a challenge code word. If the other person does not know the password, he cannot
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The animal called an ermine that inhabits upper northern Europe. Its hair is snow white. When hunters find its nesting ground, its home, they smother it with tar, which is pitch black, then when the hunting dogs chase the ermine, it will run to its home but not enter it so that it will not
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Contributed by Larry Crawford on May 26, 2007
BORCHERT RIGHTLY CALLS THE TERRIFYING MYSTERY OF THE ULTIMATE REALITY. WHERE HE ADVISES “NO ONE TO ENCOUNTER THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS MYSTERY, FOR IF THE INCARNATE MYSTERY COULD RENDER AN ARRESTING BAND PROSTRATE, WHAT CAN THE ULTIMATE
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Baptist
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Paul called the False Teachers "hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared." In other words, they convinced themselves that they are above any outside standard. So it’s no surprise that they themselves do NOT follow the rules they make for their followers.
We run into the same kinds
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand.
She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is a hill in the lake district called Rash Judgment Point and that it was given that name by William Wordsworth. The story goes that while he and his sister were standing at the top of this hill one day during the harvest season looking down on the lake below, they saw a man in a boat
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer.
His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought.
And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this
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